Fossils from the Chalk

Ammonites:
  Turrilites from South Ferriby, Cenomanian age.
Part of a large Austiniceras at South Ferriby, Cenomanian age.
A complete Autiniceras from South Ferriby, now in Hull Musems

A rare ammonite from Selwicks Bay (upper Coniacian or lower Santonian)

Discoscaphites from Bridlington, Campanian age

Belemnites:

Small Brachiopods

Echinoids :
Echinocorys from Weybourne in Norfolk
                                          and Danes Dyke in E Yorkshire.
Three Hagenowia from South Landing, Flamborough

Micraster in black flint, found as an erratic at Mappleton by A Frostick

Spines and plates

Bivalves:

Two Inoceramus from the Red Chalk of South Ferriby, Albian age

Inoceramus pinniformis

Crinoids:

Marsupites:

small crinoids

Sponges:

From the Flamborough Sponge Beds, Campanian age:

     Laosciadia

detailed scan of specimen (180KB)

 


 

? Poroconia from South Landing, Flamborough 

the calcareous sponge Porosphaera

Vertebrates:

a shark's tooth from South Ferriby
Ichthyosaur vertebra from the Carstone of South Ferriby
Shark vertebra from the Campanian of the North Norfolk Coast

Chalk Mesofossils

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